Vietnam Economy

The rail line, which will link the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City to the capital Hanoi, is expected to cost $67 billion.

To Lam, the new chief of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has pledged to lead the country into a "new era."

Truong My Lan, 68, is already on death row for masterminding the embezzlement of $26.8 billion from Saigon Commercial Bank.

During the communist party chief's five-day visit to New York, Vietnamese and U.S. firms have signed a number of economic agreements.

The Vietnamese budget carrier has announced the acquisition of a $7.4 billion fleet of Airbus widebody aircraft.

Trinh Van Quyet, the founder and chairman of the FLC Group, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for defrauding investors of around $144 million.

Thai commentators fear that fast-growing Vietnam could steal their nation's economic crown, but in most respects bilateral relations are in a better state than ever before.

Political stability is supposed to be one of Vietnam’s selling points, but its politics remain opaque and everything tends to come as a surprise.

The government has lifted a regulation requiring all consumers of power to purchase it at fixed prices from the state utility EVN.

After years of focusing narrowly on economic growth, the Communist Party is seeking a different – and sharper-edged – form of legitimacy.

There are a number of potential concerns with the Cambodian government's plans for an inland waterway, but security isn't one of them.